We are based in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and manufactures a range of nutritional products for use in both the agricultural animal feed and pet food industries.

We are looking to recruit a Ruminant Technical Advisor to provide scientific support and development of new and current technologies to develop into tools, products and services for internal and customer delivery. This is a technical development role which links with research and development institutes and works closely with the Nutreco Research and Development team.

Key Accountabilities include:

Maintain and develop scientific principles with the ruminant technical team.

Develop current and new projects derived from Nutreco, GB customer base and within the Trouw GB team.

Provide technical support and product advice for key ruminant customers, including face to face meetings and seasonal launches.

Develop and maintain close links with global marketing, including project involvement and overseas travel where necessary.

Develop and be aware of new innovations to drive our ruminant portfolio.

Keep up to date with nutritional and legislative literature and requirements and stakeholder events.

The successful applicant will be a well-developed ruminant specialist with experience of working in a ruminant nutrition support or research role. Preferably you will hold a PhD in a relevant discipline, but as a minimum a Degree in Animal Nutrition/Animal Science will be required. You will be results focussed with good technical and communication skills, a motivated self-starter with drive and ambition.